Fence-post



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No. 472,705. PatentedApr. 12, 1892.

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UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAVRENCE HEILAND AND CHARLES BRONSON, OF DEFIANCE, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 472,705, dated April. 12, 1892.

Application filed October 30, 1891. Serial No.410,339. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that We, LAWRENCE HEILAND' and CHARLES E. BRoNsoN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Detiance, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in fence-posts; and it has for its objects, first, to provide means for holding the posts firmly in the ground against vertical and lateral displacement, and, secondly, to provide means for accomplishing a rigid connection between the posts and their attached base-plates and anchor-plates.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a fencepost, as will hereinafter be fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a section of fencing,a portion being in section in order to show the relative position of the base-plates and the anchor-plates and also the means for causing a rigid connection between the posts and their respective plates. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the plates, showing its under side provided with a recess surrounding an opening through which the post is inserted when the plate is being placed in position.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a section of fencing, consisting in this instance ofk two posts B and a series of parallel wires C. The posts are constructed, preferably, of

angle or L shaped bar metal, and one of the flanges l of each of the posts is provided with a plurality of openings, through which the wires C are passed and are held securely in place by means of wires 2, which are passed through the -openings in the flanges and are twisted around the parallel wires, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

D designates the base-plate, which is preferably rectangular in form and constructed of anysuitable material-such as terra-cotta, wood, or metal-and is provided with a central aperture 3, through which is inserted the lower end of the post, a pin 4t, passing through the said end, serving to prevent the post from being removed from the plate by vertical strain. The said plate is provided with a recess 5, which is located on its under side, surrounding the aperture 3, and is also preferably rectangular in form and subserves a purpose that will presently appear.

E designates the anchor-plate, which is of the same contour and construction as the base-plate, with the exception that it is somewhat larger, in order to present a greater superticial area to the impacted earth 'when the post is in position, whereby any tendency on the part of the post to lateral displacement, as from the strain incident to the tightening of the parallel wires or from any other cause, will be counteracted.

In constructing a fence with the above-described post the base-plate D is passed over the lower end of the post and the pin 4 is placed in position and rests in the recess 5. E

post is now set in the post-hole and the earth is filled in and packed to within a few inches ot' the surface, and the anchor-plate is then placed in position and cemented firmly in place in the manner j ust described, after which the remaining earth is packed in the posthole. The parallel wires are now secured in place, as described, thus completing the fence.

It is obvious that this .manner of securing the two plates in position may be adopted when wooden posts are employed; but for many reasons metallic posts are preferred and of the form described as possessing the greatest strength, and also as presenting the best contour for the cement to take hold of.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fence, a base-plate having a vertical aperture and a recess inits under side surrounding the aperture, said recess being larger than the aperture, an anchor-plate having a like aperture and recess, an angular post IOO passed through the apertures in the respective and a cement illing Within the apertu res and plates, and a suitable cement filling within the recesses. the apertures and the recesses for holding In testimony whereof We affix our signatures the post in position. in presence of two witnesses. 5 2. In a fence, a base-plate having a Vertical aperture and a rectangular recess in its under LAWRENCE HEILAND. side surrounding the aperture, an anchor- CHARLES E. BRONSON. plate having a like aperture and recess, an Witnesses:

L-shaped post resting in the apertures in the WILLIAM D. HILL,

xo respective plates-and keyed to the hase-plate, l W. C. SMITH. 

